⁴⁸ For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

⁶ Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

²⁷ And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

²⁸ And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

¹² And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

¹¹ And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

⁶ But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

²⁶ For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

²⁷ But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

²⁸ And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

⁴² And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

² For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

²³ Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

⁷ He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

⁸ To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

¹⁸ Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

¹⁹ And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

⁸ Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

⁸ Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

¹³ And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

¹⁷ When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.